Jurassic Park Rampage Edition - Sega Genesis Review

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Ending Music during the credits is from Batman for the Sega Genesis.
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Episode Notes:
1. Captured on a Mega SG.
2. I used Game Genie codes for infinite ammo and life in a few places. I did this so you could see the weapons fire consecutively for more prolonged periods and to see the background effects in the savanna. While playing to actually beat the game, you need to conserve ammo for the right moments.
3. The raptor sees a stage lineup in a different order. You'll end the game on the cargo ship fighting another raptor.
4. Kill the pteranodons as soon as they appear in the aviary. Otherwise, they will carry you back to the nest.
5. The raptor's double jump acts as a secondary attack. It's extremely helpful against the helicopter on the savanna stage.
6. This game came out around the time Sega switched the cardboard boxes. I didn't own it for years for that very reason.
7. This game has no opening cinematics. You get the story from the instruction manual. Even the ending scene is just a brief image and a credit crawl.

[@GranMaese]

The effect of the waterfall at 7:45 is just spectacular, indeed.

[@anglo-saxonconnor817]

The T Rex stage with the waterfall backdrop is very beautiful.

[@SxSxG666]

Maybe the best looking 2d water ever created. Can't come up with a better one.

[@Videogamelover58]

Love this game

[@bmwolgas]

The end-boss graphics are, IMO, the most impressive of any graphics in any game on the system. I'll never forget how blown away I was at them as a kid when I finally got that far.

[@oficialmathias6715]

Why u r that faking dog?

[@uppercutgrandma4425]

Same same

[@l11l1venom1l11l]

Totally agreed. That waterfall, and all the reflections in the river. Burning forest in the background. It's stunning.

[@Steelwaterfall1]

IIRC they used the same Silicon Graphics CG models from the movie to make the sprites, "Grant" was an actor dressed like Alan Grant and filmed Mortal-Kombat style. I still find it hilarious that the Genesis got like 3 pretty awesome action games but the Sega CD could only fart out a dull point and click.

[@anthonyd507]

Same here! Remember how silly you felt when you finally said to yourself out of frustration “I’ll just jump off the skeleton and land between the raptors……only to notice the raptors never turned around?” 😂. A few grenades later. Done! But also the TRex fights. So good. I think this may have been, along with mortal kombat, the first game to use motion capture on a 16bit system. Edit: My bad, I was referring to the first release. The end fight with the TRex on this title is the only thing I really remember about it. Along with the fact the raft sequences were far more intuitive and less trial and error than the first one. This series was literally the first games based on a movie that were worth playing even if you weren’t just playing because of the movie. I also had the Sega CD “point and click” game. I LOVED it. At that time it was the closest you could feel to being in the park. I still remember the audio. Was so spooky lol.

[@MarcusBrannon]

The music reminds me of the music from the original Terminator film. Personally, I think it matches the gameplay more than the John Williams score would have.

[@Bird_Dog2099]

For he so loved his SEGA Genesis's sound chip that he nodded along approvingly to the Jurassic Park Rampage Edition's soundtrack.

[@KryptKicker5]

How you could not mention the game's awesome title screen and music boggles the mind. It traumatized me as a child, and I still love it today LOL

[@riflemanm16a2]

Yep, I thought that title screen had the coolest music ever when I was a kid, and the raptor's dripping teeth and moving eye were nice touches.

[@marknunya3107]

I loved this game as a kid. The tranq gun + an automatic controller gave you “slow motion” and an unstoppable, automatic weapon ;)

[@lionliing.gamedev]

I'm remaking this game

[@tylerwerrin41]

this was always a fave when i was a kid - blew through it when i rented it from blockbuster. I always felt like the devs cut out a level or two because of how the map cuts off the two later stages - maybe there's more hiding up there in the code! Can't believe gaming mags didn't like it back in 94.

[@hiltwo]

One selectable that's 'hiding' up there, is Burning River (the last section of the River level with Grant). Learned this when Tony Hedstrom over at Sega-16 made Game Genie level codes for the game. I seem to remember ALL the selectables for both players are up there, for both Grant and the Raptor. But it's been a while. We looked into the game's earliest prototypes, doesn't seem like there were going to be more levels. But I would have happily welcomed them. Our Dutch magazine Power Unlimited did like the game, but it was of the few positive reviews I've seen.

[@tylerwerrin41]

@@hiltwo Ah, that makes sense! Was there any reason the map didn't shift up once you beat the first three levels to show the rest of the island graphic?

[@hiltwo]

​@@tylerwerrin41 No idea, but I'm interested to look into it again. If we can't see the rest of the map, maybe the levels can be switched around. I wonder if River Run and its extention Burning River have icons as well.

[@IkariMetalSlugger]

I liked the soundtracks of both games. Never found them grating or anything of the sort. First game in particular I thought had some pretty atmospheric stuff that lent itself well to a lot of the levels.

[@waverazor]

stage 1 of the first one comes up in my mind once in a while. but yeaaah it do sound messy though.. the sound font they use sounds messy but yeah i agree. i still like it too

[@thenonexistinghero]

I think the soundtrack for the 2nd game is decent, but I think the first game's soundtrack is actually very good overal. I suppose if it's not your kind of thing it might just sound like random noises, but there are clear defined melodies and whatnot.

[@VideoGameOwnage123]

I feel the same about the soundtrack. The first game has pretty good music. The fist level, the last level, and the stage transition music is all good in my book.

[@zusk8556]

Same, I always thought the tribal drums were done really well for these two games too. Especially this one, listen to Aviary and Savanna when he plays them. I felt like the drum beats were a good stand-in for a more film type score, it still feels like Jurassic Park to me.

[@cpt_bill366]

While I'll admit the GEM was just a bad idea from the start, I loved the music in both these games except the savanna & hidden ruins here. I get the feeling SLX just doesn't appreciate electronic music like this. I honestly wouldn't know it was GEM if he didn't say so. Raptor is crazy OP in savanna in rampage mode, and it makes it the shortest level by time. Rampage Edition was my favorite for casual play on my Nomad while traveling. Both these games blew away the SNES competition (JP & JP the chaos continues) in fast-paced action. The sheer variety of JP content was the best part of this era

[@zusk8556]

Absolutely loved this as a kid. The first Jurassic Park was my first Genesis game, even remember calling in on the tips hotline because I couldn't figure out how to beat the final stage as the raptor. This game is definitely much more of a run 'n gun, way faster and less cerebral. The river scene is very cool too, and I'm glad it's gotten some love from both Genesis games, as it's one of the cooler scenes from the novel that was cut from the film. The final boss in the red river cavern is awesome too, always stuck in my memory.

[@DP12321]

I loved the intro song to this game. Very heavy metal-esque. Fit the gameplay perfectly.

[@claimhsolais3466]

I love both games since they're among my most precious ones. There is a major issue with Rampage Edition which can't be stretched out enough. It's ridiculously few and short levels. If they could have graced us with lengthy and numerous levels, like X-Men 2 did, it would have been a masterpiece. But never the less, it's still an excellent game.

[@Psychology]

It's almost like 90's DLC. Definitely not a full game.

[@claimhsolais3466]

@@Psychology pretty much. I still recall my reaction when I realized how few levels it had. At that point I had played more than a few games with much longer game time and number of levels. Still it's a good game. And I still hope some indie developer could create a spiritual sequel 🤞

[@Psychology]

@@claimhsolais3466 Indeed, indeed

[@miker3649]

This game blew my mind. I literally thought how much better can games look after playing the savanna level with the helicopters. Got this game for Christmas one year and it's always been one of my favorites

[@MikeHitt]

The graphics leap from then to today is insane lol and we did think “wow, this is as good as it gets” haha now we’re in virtual reality

[@deceiver444]

Rampage looked absolutely amazing

[@dohctorclark]

Great episode. Love Sega Lord X content. Don’t know if it was mentioned in the comments, but Sega actually offered three Jurassic Park experiences within a year or so. Jurassic Park for Sega CD was also released in first quarter of 1994 and doesn’t get much love but I had a blast playing it and even have a sealed copy of it (along with sealed copies of Sonic CD , Ecco the Dolphin and Snatcher - and no I’m not selling it) stored in my attic in a giant plastic bin with my Game Gear, Nomad, Genesis / 32X / Sega CD monster, my Saturn and Dreamcast.

[@soysaucefool]

Have to love the idea of this archeologist mowing down every dinosaur he sees on sight. lol

[@goranjosic]

I love this art style - much better then digitized sprites that haven't aged that well. This art style is timeless!

[@pauldesigncomics2625]

It looks like cell shading with pre-rendered backgrounds but digitized. It looks beautiful.

[@hiltwo]

I never noticed how the manual refers to the grenades and machine gun as gas grenades and machine tranquillizer gun. That's cute. I've loved both of the games ever since they were released, but Rampage Edition is definitely my favorite of the two. After close to 30 years it's hard to be objective when it comes to the music, though. I always fine myself humming along to all the tracks, but I get that it's not for everyone. I was hoping you'd review this next, thanks for the content!!

[@Ottophil]

Its like combat cold cuts

[@dhall888]

The waterfalls dinosaur scene looks really good for back then! 7:44

[@alienbishop]

I had this game in 90s, loved the music, always thought it's very atmospheric and different

[@Bapman2099]

I like the music. Never grates me & still find them atmospheric.

[@Duraganthelion]

Honestly, I liked this game a lot more than the original JP game. The original had its slowdown that made jumping problamatic and its cheap deaths were something that got annoying after a while. This version had much smoother gameplay, tighter controls and was overall fun to play. :)

[@cwing1028]

I hope there’s a compilation of 90s Jurassic Park games released one of these days

[@EDFCentral]

You probably know this by now, but there actually is! Jurassic Park Classic Collection.

[@adventuretaco7140]

Yeahhhh ! Buddy! Another great vid in the books!

[@zsiles]

This game is better than the first one, but the original is mythic and the best is Lost World.

[@StevenRayMorris]

Does the Rampage edition score match Jurassic? No. Does it match Grant going on a Falling Down style killing spree across Isla Nublar? Yes.

[@j23_stuff]

Love the channel, Sega Lord. I love your positivity. When critiquing these old games you view them through the lense of what was possible at the time and you try to point out what a game does well for the time...rather than just crapping on it.

[@Canadian_Gamer]

Thanks for reviewing this one. I had read somewhere that Sega pushed out the sequel impart due to the films massive success on VHS but could be wrong. I still prefer the first title because of its moody visuals and OST but they are both worth owning!

[@SegaLordX]

Yup. Sega wanted it ready around the home video release date.

[@thesteammachine1282]

@@SegaLordX Is Jurassic park the lost world next for a review ?

[@roberto1519]

Back when developers made remarkable changes from one iteration to their subsequent sequels, even sports titles had major overhauls from one year to another. About the music, maybe I'm not too demanding as I find these western gems-based soundtracks charming to a certain degree, in this particular game, the samples you showed remind me a bit of the first MK soundtrack, as far as the percussions go. An interesting action platformer. Speaking of which, have you covered or even tried Ex-Mutants yet?

[@execation]

You KNEW that your last video left us wanting this - love your videos bro ❤️‍🔥🖤

[@randylahey1232]

Bro?...SLX doesn't wanna be ur bro bro and I don't blame em

[@AFourEyedGeek]

@@randylahey1232 Don't speak for other people ya ding bat.

[@randylahey1232]

@@AFourEyedGeek aye aye sir!

[@edwardiii8409]

That Player Select screen going back and forth between characters to the beat of the music Also loved the chirps

[@spaghettidracula9710]

i couldnt disagree more abut the music. Its badass. As someone else mentioned, it sounds like the soundtrack from the first Terminator film. Which fits gun toting Alan (Rambo) Grant blasting away dinosaurs and mercs with a machine gun while riding on the back of a gallimimus perfectly. that music adds to this game's edge.

[@lionliing.gamedev]

I'm remaking this game

[@Gojiro7]

as time goes on, it becomes abundantly clear that Magazine reviewers of the 8 & 16 bit era were all heavily biased in what was considered good and just rated what they felt even if it was clearly heavily skewed take

[@DaffyDuckWizard]

A sequel within 14 months boy those must have been times now we have to wait 14 years for a sequel the music is once again a banger though

[@lionliing.gamedev]

I'm remaking this game

[@lionliing.gamedev]

I'm remaking this game

[@jack_knife-1478]

Wow, I love my PS5 but this looks great!👍 them water physics look awesome!

[@HrvojeGrahovac]

You gotta review the arcade game now

[@LarryLopez91]

The Sega on rails shooter? Absolutely!

[@lvx_rose]

13:18 lol you sound like a news anchor 😂

[@mattb6522]

Nice review! I love Vectorman, so definitely will check this one out! BlueSky really seems to have brought out the true power of the Genesis with these graphics! Those water effects look absolutely amazing for a 16-bit game! I might give the first Jurassic Park game as well even though it sounds like it is overall a little rougher than this game design-wise.

[@6sKi6z6]

I loved this game. Got it for Christmas one year and played the Hell out of it. Kinda easy, but super fun.

[@tsulkaluadventures2460]

I liked the soundtracks to both games. JPRE’s cargo ship music is awesome.

[@lionliing.gamedev]

I'm remaking this game

[@ryu_akiga]

Awesome video man! Great looking and playing video-game!

[@FunkyPertwee]

My childhood self actually preferred the first game.

[@Leahi84]

I remember getting this one as well back then, and I definitely enjoyed it quite a bit. I still prefer the first one, but I feel a strong "what could have been" if the first one had been as smooth as Rampage Edition. Like last time, the music didn't bother me. It didn't stand out, but it wasn't noticeably bad back then.

[@learrus]

I was a kid when this came out and it was VERY popular; one of the first Genesis games I remember being released and we all loved it... Those game mags have no idea wtf they are talking about and never did

[@christopherdarling95]

SLX please review the Sega CD JP! The CD version was my favorite of the 3 games. It gives the best feeling of being eaten alive by a dinosaur and has an atmospheric feel to it that was really incredible. I would say the hardest of the 3 because I had to get help on some of the puzzles.

[@lonesquiff6551]

I loved the first game but never had this one. I always thought it was just a rerelease of the first with the added atrium level. Thanks for the spotlight I'll have to check it out.

[@carlosangeles6956]

One of my favorite games of all time. I’ve beaten this in one sitting and it never gets old. Definitely recommend

[@hocuspocusfocus6229]

7:43 I remember that this part scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. First Jump Scare of my life.

[@rustymixer2886]

Blu sky, ninja golf 7800, vectorman Genesis they were awesome 🙏

[@ninjapants7688]

"Alan Grant is back on Isla Nublar" "What is he doing here? More scientific discovery? More investigations into Dinosaur behaviour?" "He's riding on the back of a Gallimimus with a flamethrower at high speed burning everything in his way"

[@wormskull2454]

When I was a kid, my friend next door owned a Genesis & JP:RE. I loved going to his house to play it, bc I only owned a second hand NES. Imagine my excitement when I found a blank rental box for a game titled “Rampage” on NES. The staff drew what looked like a dinosaur on the rental case so my mom rented it for me…. that was my introduction to the classic arcade port of Rampage… sigh

[@michaelbrown2145]

This game was my childhood, thank you for covering!

[@incrediblefunk8187]

Thank you for this review it was fun to watch and I didn't know Blue Sky pushed out two JPRE months after the first that is impressive. The fact they offered a unique experiences is amazing because many companies will make a sequel with minimal effort and charge consumers $60 bucks for a game or more for upgrades to squeeze more money out our pockets.

[@ridensroom6957]

I was hoping for this. I played this back in 90s. Top game. Gotta get it again

[@Imgema]

Damn, those waterfalls look amazing

[@AMAJG1]

They made Rampage Edition and said "People will bow to it."

[@carlosgarza329]

Yooooou are the man!! Keep pumpin em out!! LONG LIVE SEGA LORD X!!

[@RichardCraig]

5:32 - DUDE I swear this little musical cue right here is triggering some latent trauma... I must have really struggled on this level, because it's absolutely rubbing on my memories in a weird and negative way. 😂

[@stargazerlaurent6780]

This game was awesome. It threw in more Dinos and more guns and an edgier soundtrack

[@SophiaXiaoyuAralaCran]

This is one of the three of my very first Sega Genesis games ever owned since 1995 and it still works today. TBH I had this before the "orginal" version and I admit it by-far exceeds the "real" one for sure though some parts are just as hard.

[@codygratias9780]

It could be nostalgia talking, but I didn’t hate the soundtracks.

[@ravagingwolverine]

For whatever reason, I never played either of the Jurassic Park games back in their time. I remember thinking playing as a raptor was a very cool idea. I also remember, from screenshots and maybe TV commercials, that the first one didn't quite hit the mark visually for me. When Rampage Edition came along, I liked the visual changes a lot, which is odd because I don't usually love such dark outlines on sprites in 2D games, but I think it makes the game visually clearer here. I also like the change in concept for it. Interesting to hear it wasn't as well received because I always thought it was. Perhaps it was just word of mouth among people I knew.

[@DehnusNorder]

When played in emulation? This game totally needs a composite or even RF filter in GLSL.

[@ReverendNaveed]

Great video! But I must disagree with the opinions made about the music of this edition. It's great! It's dark drone music that feels like a Jurassic Park trademark and totally gives the game it's "rampage" vibe.

[@lionliing.gamedev]

I'm remaking this game

[@mgmajinvegeta22]

soundtracks were iconic when you were a kid it just stuck with us idk why when you analize it just brings out the fun.

[@Whydoineedoneyo]

Cargo ship theme bangs.. you are trippin..

[@lionliing.gamedev]

I'm remaking this game

[@PaddyMcMe]

I hope 25 or so years from now people on FutureTube will be watching videos about mildly popular games and how they were made, received and played.

[@loopedchris2231]

I absolutely love this game! Big fan of your channel too! I'd love to see your review for Genesis JP - The Lost World next?!

[@mole28]

I bought this game more then 20 years ago but never played it past the first level. But after seeing this review i'm gonna play it again today, to see what i have been missing out on!

[@michaelgonzales92mg]

Gotta disagree about the music, I enjoyed it alot as a kid. The strange and eerie sounds really struck me with excitement. It's definitely better than the first ones soundtrack, and I'd pop this one in and turn my speakers up to 100 anyday!

[@kri249]

I had Jurassic Park on the SNES and although it was good I always wanted to play the Megadrive version. The digitised graphics of the first looked so damn awesome. Also, t's a shame you don't have a CRT TV to show these games with the dithering as intented.

[@mrlt1]

I played through this game more times than almost any others i had over the years. Its a fun game to blast through the levels and the graphics looked great.

[@puma0085]

Thanks a lot for your review. You really described both games in very good way. And both concepts sounds appealing to me. I think I will add both games to my Mega Drive collection.Looking forward to play both of them. I missed the Genesis/Mega Drive completely back then. I was just a gameboy only user in the early 90s. I did not get my first home console until 97 (the n64).

[@hairus2]

I so wished you do Rampage Edition after Jurassic Park!

[@DawezyDRK]

Absolute banger Rampage Edition was ... then again I was looking at the game through the eyes of a younger lad, looking at it now and playing it is a bit of a challenge and a bit frustrating lol. One thing I fubar'd with my modded MD Mini is that I put on the wrong version of Rampage Edition - the PAL one is so much slower it's painful. I was never able to clear the game though or if I did I don't remember.. was the same with the original JP I never really got too close to the end due to the difficulty curve (well hard for me atleast), doubt I'd get as far now without save state scumming if I tried again heh. Damnit, SLX, you always give me the nostalgia hit when you put up MD games I thrashed as a wee lad lol.

[@JayFFAFAlesanaES]

2:30 are the graphics really like this? Why do the backgrounds not align correctly?

[@SegaLordX]

They do. It's a jungle level.

[@f.k.b.16]

Violence and candy bars! This 90s kid's dream!

[@oddojaggins]

I played the 1st one alot as a kid at other people's houses but never saw this one. Those liquid effects are obscene in the best possible way, and I like the cel shaded look of the characters.

[@aceshighdueceslow]

as a kid I preferred Rampage Edition to the OG because it was "easier" and was what I was more used to with other games I was playing (a lot of shooters, I didn't play this until late '98 so I'd already cut my teeth on Doom and Quake and the like). As I got older and played more games of different types I found myself enjoying Jurassic Park more than Rampage because I preferred the atmosphere of the former. Being a huge Resident Evil fan, I always liken Jurassic Park to a survival horror game and Rampage Edition is kind of like how Resident Evil 4 turned from survival horror to survival action, and the subsequent games were more action oriented. Also, I had mentioned in your other review that the soundtrack was really nice at establishing the atmosphere in JP. I agree that the soundtrack here isn't the best, Cargo Ship is good and Aviary has it's moments but overall I just think that the tracks themselves are simply uninspiring, regardless of the GEMS nature

[@kamadoma715]

As a kid who loved dinosaurs, this was the very first game I had on the Genesis. I gotta admit the music is pretty bad. It was mostly the savannah music I remember because I used to play it without riding the Gallimimus, which makes the game longer. But it helps in a way because then you don't get swarmed by enemies. I've noticed that Raptors spawn to attack you when riding the Gallimimus, but not if you're on foot. Overall I had a lot of fun playing this game and the visuals are awesome especially the water effects. Great review!

[@raptros]

When i got my used Mega Drive this summer this game and the first were a no brainer i had this one as a kid but i never had the first game, so that was an experience to say the least. One huge thing about the music, i live in the PAL region and as we all remember, games in the PAL region ran at 30hz not 50hz it happend that a lot of times apperently many games were designed for 30hz first and then ported to 50hz and vice versa i think this was due to how the Genesis/Mega Drive detected the region. This impacted not only framerates but the music as well. In the case of this game i highly suggest you listen to the PAL versions, because the NTSC versions feel sped up and they work so much better at 30hz seems that the music was made for 30hz but when switching regions it sped up the tracks. Same as with Sonic 1 and how it slowed down the music the difference is that the music was designed for 50hz so it feels natural while with Jurassic Park the slower tempo is what feels natural.

[@fluttershystayshigh4202]

I remember that Gamepro review confusing me as well back in the day, i have no idea why they hated this game so much, to me it was perfect, Rampage Edition took everything the original did good, turned it up to a hundred and eliminated all the things that the original did poorly, my only real complaint with this game was them not including the password system, i understand why they probably felt it wasn't necessary but they should have left that in.

[@alexgeorge501]

can't wait to see your reviews on the other "Jurassic Park" games released on the SEGA consoles in future videos, cya then and watch out for that T-Rex...She's a hunter!

[@andreasstavrinou6219]

Loved being able to Ride the Gallimimus and Triceratops.

[@bluedragon219123]

Maybe it's just me but I like the music. :)

[@mnomic8371]

It looks like Blue Sky activated Blast Processing in this version 😂

[@sciii3380]

I really enjoyed this game. I never finished the raptor last boss. Nice work on this video.

[@gocanuckurself1]

I’ve loved these first two Jurassic videos. Please tell me you’ll be covering Lost World as well. That’s such a great game, too.

[@rayfincham1595]

I enjoyed this one over the first, more action oriented and better graphics and more importantly none of that slow down.

[@kinorai]

To think, on the other side of the fence, the Super Nintendo has games with an ABSOLUTELY STELLAR soundtrack... I'm so jealous... We need to cross the enemy line and go steal their soundtrack!

[@HeathenDance]

"Savanna" soundtrack reminded me of a section of Doom's level three.

[@billcook4768]

“Sega!” - Mr T-Rex

[@hailstorm1986]

Just the fact that you can knock over a helicopter as the raptor is awesome!!! 😇

[@robmason5799]

Finally got a chance to watch this. Awesome work sega lord x

[@MikeHitt]

This game is a MASTERpiece

[@JessicaChastainFan]

The Sega Jurassic Park trilogy >>>>>>>>>>>> The Jurassic World movies. And it's not even close.

[@steelcurtain187]

This one has some serious blast processing 🤯

[@J_Business]

I found it fascinating how the remaining dinosaurs, in gen employees, army soldiers all worked together perfectly to all try and kill poor Grant. He didn't sign up for this

[@Triad3Force]

Dr. Alan "Rambo" Grant smoking double barrel justice on people and dinosaurs alike.

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

GREAT SEGA GENESIS GAME REVIEW ON JURASSIC PARK RAMPAGE EDITION 1994 !!!!